46Synonyms found for false

Word Origin & History

false c.1200, from O.Fr. fals, faus, from L. falsus "deceived, erroneous, mistaken," pp. of fallere "deceive, disappoint," of uncertain origin. Adopted into other Gmc. languages (cf. Ger. falsch, Dan. falsk), though English is the only one in which the active sense of "deceitful" (a secondary sense in L.) has predominated. Related: Falsely. Falsies "padded brassiere" first recorded 1943.

Example Sentences for false

News about false arrests, convictions and imprisonments.

Technology creates many hopes, some false and some realizable.

His thesis that many scientific papers come to false conclusions is not new.

Captured this image while a couple of false clown fish were inquisitive over my strobe lights.

Please dont judge a life by the false books and words society shows you.

We deposed the false queen and created a situation where the bees could make a new leader.

Wow your friends with a chemically goosed false egg.

When they checked phone records, they discovered multiple calls to the false witnesses, who confessed to the police.

The telescope's advocates say junking it now would be a false economy.